Definitions

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  • noun A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.

Etymologies

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lead +‎ screw

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Examples

  • The rotating leadscrew design uses a stainless steel Acme leadscrew which is incorporated directly into the motor's rotor, eliminating the need for shaft-to-leadscrew couplers.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • The rotating leadscrew design uses a stainless steel Acme leadscrew which is incorporated directly into the motor's rotor, eliminating the need for shaft-to-leadscrew couplers.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

  • The whole time all I could think of was my grandpa hand filing the repair of the entire leadscrew on the old Atlas lathe in my dad's basement.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Charles Statman 2005

  • The leadscrew and feed shaft serve the purpose of thread cutting and/or automatic longitudinal and cross feed.

    2. Structure of the regular engine lathe Horst Kth 1990

  • By the feeding mechanism and the change-gear train the stepped feeding speeds are set, the thread cutting with different pitches is enabled, and the leadscrew and/or feed shaft is driven.

    2. Structure of the regular engine lathe Horst Kth 1990

  • Describe the power train from the leadscrew and feed shaft to the carriage.

    2. Structure of the regular engine lathe Horst Kth 1990

  • The leadscrew is recognized by its acme thread, the teed shaft by its cylindrical shaft with longitudinal groove.

    2. Structure of the regular engine lathe Horst Kth 1990

  • Similarly, where the parts are set in motion towards each other they are known as travelling threads, i.e. acme threads (in the leadscrew of the lathe).

    1. Purpose and importance of thread cutting by dies and taps Horst Kth 1990

  • What main parts does a leadscrew and feed shaft lathe consist of?

    2. Structure of the regular engine lathe Horst Kth 1990

  • The power transmission of the leadscrew with thread cutting is effected by the closing of split nuts via toothed gears on the gear rack and from there on the carriage.

    2. Structure of the regular engine lathe Horst Kth 1990

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